Bottle or egg carrier



(No Model.)"

. O. M. KIMBALL.

BOTTLE. 0R EGG CARRIER.

Patented Apr 9, 1895 FE: Z

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TNE uonms PEYERS ca. PNOTO-LITHCL, WASHINGTON a c UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. KIMBALL, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

BOTTLE 0R EGG CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,043, dated April 9, 1895.

Application filed July 9, 1894. Serial No. 516,927. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

. struction which I will now proceed to describe,

the same havingfor its object to provide a carrier which will be efficient forthe purpose for which it is intended when it is in its operative position, and can also be readily folded 1 into compact form for storage or shipment.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,--Figure l represents a side elevation of my improved carrier in condition for use. Fig. 2 represents a top plan View of the same. side elevation showing the strips which form the bottoms of the bottle receptacles turned upwardly to permit the folding of the carrier. Fig. 4 represents a top view showing the carrier folded. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view showing a part of the carrier in its operative position. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 represent views of the parts of the carrier, detached.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings-a a represent a series. of

strips or partitions which may be made of suitably stiff pasteboard or other analogous material, and are arranged at suitable distances apart to permit the insertion of the bottles or other articles to be carried, bet ween said strips.

1) I) represent narrower strips, which are arranged at right angles with the strips 0. when the device is in its operative position, and are arranged in pairs, as shown in Fig. 5, the arrangement being such that two strips a and four strips 1) constitute one cell for the reception of a bottle or other fragile article.

Fig. 3 represents a The strips on are provided with slots 0 c sepa* rated by tongues c, which tongues are inte gral with the strips a, each tongue being free at one end to be bent outwardly and thus permit the insertion of a strip 6 in the slots 0 0. Each strip b has a series of orifices (1 formed to receive the tongues 0 so that after a strip has been inserted in the slots cc and moved to position, which will bring its orifices 01 into said slots, the strips on and b may be engaged by forcing the tongues c to their normal positions, the tongues passing through the orifices d and again separating the slots 0 o, as shown in Fig. 5. When the strips b are thus engaged with the strips a, the joints formed by the tongues c and orifices d constitute hinges which permit the ready folding or collapsing of the strips into the condition shown in Fig. 4, so that the carrier maybe compactly folded for shipment or storage. I

In the lower portions of the strips a. are formed triangular or segmental orifices e, each having a substantially vertical side e and a substantially horizontal side e".

ff representaseries of bottom strips, which pass through the orifices e and are provided with notches f j which are engaged with the strips 0. in such manner as to prevent endwise movement of the bottom strips. The bottom stripsf are formed so that they can rest horizontally upon the horizontal edges e of the orifices 6 when the device is in its operative position, said strips then forming the bottoms of the cells, the sides whereof are formed by the strips a and b. When the bottom strips are in the last described position, they prevent the folding of the carrier, so that before the carrier can be folded it is necessary to turn the strips upwardly against the vertical edges 6' of the orifices e, as shown in Fig. 3. When this is done, the device may be readily folded, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be seen that the above described construction provides a carrier having a number of cells, each of which is provided with a flexible bottom strip supportingthe weight of the article inserted in the cell, the construction being such that said bottom strip may be readily displaced to permit the compact folding of the carrier.

While i have designed the improved carrier principally for bottles, I do not limit myself to this use, and may use it for holding eggs or other fragile articles.

When the device is in use, it is inserted in a suitable box or case in the usual way.-

I claim-'- Abottle or egg carrier composed of the main strips a having orifices, the transverse strips 1) jointed to the main strips, and the adjustable bottom strips inserted in said orifices and Witnesses:

F. W. STURDIVANT, LoUIs VAN HOWDEN. 

